NORMAN MAILER
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An American Dream
 Publication: 1966, Mayflower/Dell 1st printing
Font size: small, well spaced


In this wild battering ram of a novel, which was originally published to vast controversy in 1965, Norman Mailer creates a character who might be a fictional precursor of the philosopher-killer he would later profile in The Executioner’s Song. As Stephen Rojack, a decorated war hero and former congressman who murders his wife in a fashionable New York City high-rise, runs amok through the city in which he was once a privileged citizen, Mailer peels away the layers of our social norms to reveal a world of pure appetite and relentless cruelty. One part Nietzsche, one part de Sade, and one part Charlie Parker, An American Dream grabs the reader by the throat and refuses to let go.

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The Presidential Papers
 Publication: 1977, Panther 2nd printing
Font size: small, well spaced

Mailer delivers twelve papers on life in the sixties under JFK.
Mailer could make a grocery shopping list interesting, so you know it'll be good.

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Condition of books (good)

Exterior: minor shelf wear, marks; creases
Interior: tanned, minor marks; owner name at front
Binding: strong

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